Human rights commission

A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights.

The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as national human rights institutions or (usually temporary) truth and reconciliation commissions.

International RegionCommissionNoteUnited Nations (Universal)United Nations Human Rights CouncilReplaced the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; distinct from the UN Human Rights CommitteeAfrican Union (Africa)African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsOrganisation of American States (Americas)Inter-American Commission on Human RightsAsiaASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)Asian Human Rights CommissionNon-governmentalCouncil of Europe (Europe)European Commission on Human Rights1954 to 1998; defunctInternational Society for Human RightsNon-governmental

National or subnational bodies National and sub-national human rights commissions have been established in a number of countries for the promotion and protection of their citizens' human rights, and most commissions are public bodies but with some degree of independence from the state. In other countries the ombudsman performs that role. The commissions below are state-sponsored except where indicated.

Africa CountryCommissionNote AlgeriaNational Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights BéninBenin Human Rights Commission Burkina FasoNational Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso CameroonNational Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms ChadChad National Human Rights Commission Democratic Republic of the CongoNational Human Rights Observatory EgyptNational Council for Human Rights EthiopiaEthiopian Human Rights Commission GabonNational Human Rights Commission GhanaCommission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice KenyaKenya National Commission on Human RightsOfficial bodyKenya Human Rights CommissionNGO MadagascarNational Human Rights Commission MalawiMalawi Human Rights Commission MaliCommission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme MauritaniaCommissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, a la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et l’Insertion MauritiusNational Human Rights Commission MoroccoHuman Rights Advisory Council NigerNigérien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties NigeriaNational Human Rights Commission RwandaNational Commission for Human Rights SenegalSenegalese Committee for Human Rights Sierra LeoneHuman Rights Commission of Sierra Leone South AfricaSouth African Human Rights Commission SudanSouthern Sudan Human Rights Commission TanzaniaCommission for Human Rights and Good Governance TogoNational Human Rights Commission TunisiaHigher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms UgandaUganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) ZambiaPermanent Human Rights Commission ZimbabweZimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC)

Asia-Pacific CountryCommissionNote AfghanistanAfghan Independent Human Rights Commission AustraliaAustralian Human Rights CommissionAustralian Capital Territory Human Rights CommissionQueensland Human Rights CommissionVictorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission BangladeshBangladesh Human Rights Commission FijiFiji Human Rights CommissionNo longer ICC-accredited Hong KongHuman rights complaints are referred here IndiaNational Human Rights Commission of IndiaNational official statutory body Kashmir Human Rights CommissionWas a state official body until replaced by NHRC. IndonesiaNational Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) IranIslamic Human Rights Commission JordanNational Centre for Human Rights Korea, Republic ofNational Human Rights Commission of Korea MalaysiaHuman Rights Commission of Malaysia MaldivesHuman Rights Commission of the Maldives MongoliaNational Human Rights Commission (Mongolia) MyanmarMyanmar National Human Rights Commission New ZealandNew Zealand Human Rights Commission NepalNational Human Rights Commission (Nepal) PakistanHuman Rights Commission of Pakistannon-governmental organizationKashmir Human Rights CommissionUK-based non-governmental organization PalestinePalestinian Independent Commission for Citizen's Rights PhilippinesCommission on Human Rights (Philippines) QatarNational Committee for Human Rights (Qatar) Saudi ArabiaHuman Rights Commission (Saudi Arabia) Sri LankaNational Human Rights Commission (Sri Lanka) TaiwanNational Human Rights Commission (Taiwan) ThailandNational Human Rights Commission (Thailand)

Europe CountryCommissionNote FranceNational Consultative Commission of Human Rights (France) Great Britain (UK)Equality and Human Rights CommissionSee also Scotland GreeceNational Human Rights Commission (Greece) IrelandIrish Human Rights Commission ItalyCommissione per i Diritti Umani LuxembourgConsultative Commission of Human Rights (Luxembourg) NetherlandsEqual Treatment Commission (Netherlands) Northern Ireland (UK)Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Scotland (UK)Scottish Human Rights CommissionSee also Great Britain SwitzerlandFederal Commission against Racism (Switzerland) UkraineOmbudsman in Ukraine United KingdomIslamic Human Rights CommissionNon-governmental organization

Americas CountryCommissionNote CanadaCanadian Human Rights CommissionAlberta Human Rights CommissionManitoba Human Rights CommissionNew Brunswick Human Rights CommissionNova Scotia Human Rights CommissionNorthwest Territories Human Rights CommissionNewfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission Ontario Human Rights CommissionPEI Human Rights CommissionPrince Edward IslandCommission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesseQuebecSaskatchewan Human Rights CommissionYukon Human Rights Commission GuatemalaGuatemala Human Rights CommissionUS-based NGO MexicoNational Human Rights Commission (Mexico) PeruNational Human Rights Commission (Peru) United StatesTom Lantos Human Rights CommissionUnited States Commission on Civil RightsIdaho Human Rights CommissionAlaska State Commission for Human RightsIllinois Human Rights CommissionHuman Rights Commission of Salt Lake CitySanta Clara County Human Rights CommissionSan Francisco Human Rights CommissionNew York City Commission on Human RightsSeattle Human Rights CommissionSioux City Human Rights CommissionSalem Oregon Human Rights & Relations Advisory CommissionInternational Gay and Lesbian Human Rights CommissionUS-based INGO

See also

Truth and reconciliation commission Ombudsman

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